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Re: Justice for all.....
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:59:21 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote:
> > > When people are involved, nothing works as well in practice as it
> > > does in theory. Look at economics. You can do all sorts of nifty
> > > mathematical extrapolations with supply and demand, but once you
> > > involve actual people the rules don't work because they introduce
> > > too much chaos.
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> > **snip**
> > I also think this is the problem with Libertarianism (is that a word?) In
> > Theory it sounds like a really good system, but it falls apart in practice
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> It (in pure form) hasn't been tried in practice.
True, but neither has pure Communism, pure Socialism, or pure Democracy, for
that matter. I'm not convinced that we can meaningfully speculate what a "pure"
incarnation of any of these systems would be like, except by undertaking
selective extrapolation of existing systems.
Dave!
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| (...) Agreed. I don't think you actually can have a pure anything. But you can have systems that are more libertarian or less, and more socialist or less, and more fascist or less, etc. I claim that the more libertarian you go, the better things (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) It (in pure form) hasn't been tried in practice. (...) Why? Take as your base assumption that people are basically good, with some exceptions, and set up your system to reward goodness and punish badness. Suffering the consequences of your (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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